Geography Features of a River: Answer Guide
1. The place where a river starts is called a source. 2. The source of a river is often high up in a mountain or a hill. Rain falls on higher ground at first. This rainwater forms small channels called rills. As more water enters the channels they grow forming gullies (larger channels). The streams in the gullies eventually become big enough to form a river. Alternatively, the rainwater soaks under the ground and collects amongst the rocks. As more water gathers, it bursts up from the ground in the mountains to form a spring. This spring forms the start or source of a river. 3. A tributary is a small stream that flows into a larger river. 4. An estuary is where the river meets the sea. 5. The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon. It is almost 386km long. 6. The Rivers known as the Three Sisters are the River Suir, the River Nore and the River Barrow. 7. The River Suir is a river in my local area. 8. Rivers can be used for fishing, leisure activities such as sailing and swimming and to generate hydroelectricity as is the case at Ardnacrusha in County Clare. 9. Rivers can become polluted by discharges from sewage treatment plants, runoff from urban streets, septic tanks, landfills and from agriculture.
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RIVERS OF IRELAND
1. Blackwater 2. Suir 3. Nore 4. Barrow 5. Slaney 6. Liffey 7. Boyne 8. Lagan 9. Bann 10. Foyle 11. Erne 12. Moy 13. Shannon 14. Lee The Rivers Song!
Sing to the tune of The Morningtown Ride by The Seekers or any tune that you think would fit the lyrics and help you to remember the Rivers of Ireland.
Dublin on the Liffey
Cork on the Lee
Limerick on the Shannon
With Lough Allen, Derg and Ree.
Thurles on the Suir
Kilkenny on the Nore
New Ross on the Barrow
You’ve heard of them before.
Wexford on the Slaney
Drogheda on the Boyne
Belfast on the Lagan
Derry on the Foyle.
Ballyshannon on the Erne
Ballina on the Moy
Galway on the Corrib
Goodbye, goodbye goodbye…..